F1's prestigious McLaren thinks about the world of F1 race in 2050?

F1's prestigious team " McLaren (McLaren) " announced the concept of what kind of world F1 in 2050 is. F1 in 2050 will evolve into a future race where AI and human drivers collaborate, but the core of F1 called exciting "competition" involving many stakeholders such as mechanics and fans seems to be unchanged.

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You can see how the concept "MCLExtreme (MCLE)" depicting F1 world in 2050 was born in the following movie.

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McLaren thinks about "the vision of the F1 race scene in 2050".

Chapter 1: "Discovery"

Dr. Parity Beja, a design strategist who states, "The task of painting F1 of the future is simply different from drawing a concept car."

"We are discussing with McLaren engineers about various key elements that are key to running the F1 team of the future such as race strategy, engine, battery technology, aerodynamics, marketing"

For those who are about McLaren, it is essential to have fans who have shared great time with Senna , Hakkinen , and Hamilton .

"I can not tell the future F1 without thinking deeply the value that F1 gives to fans, and the fans hope for new people, places and culture to be born."

It is important to keep the distance between the fan and the race as close as possible.

Politics, economics, environment, society, technology news overflow ... ...

Policies and investment for clean energy and the environment are increasing more and new regulations are born.

"From these points of view, we can see where the future market will go."

Chapter 2: "Definition"

"Our survey gave me the first insight into F1 in the future," said Scene McCag, design strategy leader.

Enthusiastic fans ......

He told me that the race (competition) is the human core (nucleus).

"And one of the hypotheses to the figure of F1 that was guided in 2050 is" coexistence between humans and machines "

"What kind of roles are required of human drivers in the F1 world of 2050 with autonomous AIs?"

Chapter 3: "Development"

Industrial designer Liang Young-woo Shoy who depicts the shape of F1 of the future.

"Machine making is made up of accumulating various technical insights such as aerodynamic characteristics and power train"

"In parallel therewith, exploring how to enjoy the show F1 is also a constituent element."

"Designing a cockpit is also a work to suggest pleasure to the driver."

"It includes the task of visualizing the feelings of the driver"

"Beyond that, of course, there is a desire to drive the performance of the machine based on the recognition of the driver."

Design for placing the driver in the machine's control tower is required.

When thinking that the driver wishes to overtake, the machine is also required to change aerodynamic characteristics in the same way.

And the shape of the machine side will deform in response to the race scene and the feeling of the driver that it goes inside as if the feathers collapse.

Chapter 4: "Performance"

The concept "MCLE" is shaped in the form of the insight above.

It is one that puts the feelings of fans and stakeholders in the design.

And it expresses the skill, struggle, emotion of the driver.

That is the machine that is suitable for coloring the 2050 F1 circus.

"McLaren's vision is the one that has made the human / machine interface the utmost," said Mr. Roddy Basso, McLaren motor sports leader.

"In terms of a machine, there is no compromise in terms of power, efficiency and driving experience, although it is exhaust gas zero."

"We will evolve motorsports to give new people, new places and access to new cultures"

"And by collaborating with engineers, we will develop technologies that bring fans closer to the race."

That is the 2050 F1 race scene that McLaren imagines.

"What are your thoughts?"

McLaren presents the machine that embodied the vision to F1 in 2050 spoken in the above movie.

This is Machine of McLaren in 2050. The F1 machine, celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2050, never fly in the sky. McLaren's 2050 F1 machine exists as an antithesis to flying machines.

Open wheel four wheel machine can speed up to 500 km / h. The power source is electricity.

The wheel has a charging function. McLaren has set the goal of charging 10 to 50% of the battery in 10 to 30 seconds.

The biggest feature is that a human driver and AI will fight a race with a tag.

Drivers are connected to AI through helmets and receive assistance such as race strategies. McLaren thinks that it is in the form of a human race and AI 's tag race that AI will support all kinds of information provision such as race strategy manipulating the machine to the last.

As we mentioned in the movie, the aerodynamics of the F1 machine in 2050 will change. Machines that evolved DRS will deform in response to the driver's emotions and change the driving characteristics.

It is careful that the cockpit is transparent so that it is easy for the audience to see how the human driver fights.

It is necessary to change the design of the grandstand for the fans, there is also a watching style that stands on the ceiling of the glass and overlooks the machine under the eyes. There is also a super high-speed corner of 90 degrees to clear at 400 km / h.

Drone chasing the machine. The fans can see the ultimate race by tags of human beings and AI, the fans are close.